The implementation of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa caused total mining production to fold by 47.3% in April, compared to the same month in 2019. Official data released yesterday by Statistics South Africa revealed that mining output also contracted...
South Africa’s ministry of mines has announced that the industry recorded the lowest number of mine deaths on record in 2019, with 51 people killed compared to 81 in the previous year. Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe delivered the 2019 mine health and...
South Africa’s mining industry body has made a statement urging President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government to take a number of critical steps needed to address the country’s ‘economic crisis’. The Minerals Council South Africa said it believes that insecurity of power supply is at the heart of...
The world’s biggest platinum mining companies will meet with South Africa’s labour unions this month to negotiate a three-year wage deal, in one of the first tests of Cyril Ramaphosa’s new presidency. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC) clinched South Africa’s general election last week by its...
The Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies has ranked Botswana as the most attractive African jurisdiction in the world for mining and investment. The Southern African nation was ranked 32nd in the world on the Investment Attractiveness Index ahead of South Africa, which was the next highest ranked African...
South Africa could lose all but one of its gold mines along with 150,000 mining jobs if Eskom is granted permission to enact a 15% per year tariff increase over the next three years, according to Minerals Council SA. The council’s chief economist Henk Langenhoven warned...
South African fertiliser company Kropz has confirmed it will list on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) by the end of the month and appointed a former BHP board member as its chairman. The company plans to use funds raised by the IPO to progress its Elandsfontein...